Jonatan Neftalí

Jonatan Neftalí
	Neftalí in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Jonatan Neftalí Díez-González
Date of birth	26 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Alicante, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Benidorm
Youth career
1993–1998	GCD Sant Joan d'Alacant
1998–2000	Hércules
2000–2003	Alicante
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Alicante B
2005–2007	Alicante
2006–2007	→ Baza (loan)
2007–2008	Alcalá
2008–2010	Santa Eulàlia
2010–2011	Vejle Boldklub
2011–2013	Vejle Kolding
2013–2015	Vejle Boldklub
2015	Fjölnir
2016–2018	Jumilla
2018–2021	La Nucía
2021–2023	Torrellano
2023–	Benidorm
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Jonatan Neftalí Díez-González (born 26 August 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Benidorm as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Neftalí played youth football in his native region, mainly with Hércules CF and Alicante CF.^[1] He made his debuts as a professional with the latter club during the 2004–05 season, being sent off in both of his Segunda División B appearances, against CF Badalona and Levante UD B.

Neftalí continued competing in the third level in the following three years, being relegated with CD Alcalá and PD Santa Eulàlia. After the latter campaign he went on trial with Grasshopper Club Zürich from Switzerland, but nothing came of it and he continued playing with Santa Eulalia in Tercera División.^[2]

In 2009–10, Neftalí scored a career-best ten goals. Subsequently, Vejle Boldklub manager Mats Gren – a former assistant with Grasshoppers – declared interest in signing the player, and a two-year contract was signed in late May 2010.^[3] In his first season he only missed one match as his team finished in third position, being the first place outside of the Danish Superliga promotion zone.

In March 2012, Neftalí extended his link with Vejle Boldklub Kolding (the club was renamed in 2011, and returned to its original denomination two years later), with the new deal running until the summer of 2015.^[4]

References

^ "El fútbol en la maleta: Neftalí" [Football in the suitcase: Neftalí]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). 7 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ "Jonathan Neftalí regresa a la Peña Deportiva Santa Eulalia" [Jonathan Neftali returns to Peña Deportiva Santa Eulalia] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ "Neftalí se incorpora al Vejle danes" [Neftalí added to Denmark's Vejle] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ "Vejle-Kolding forlænger med Neftali" [Vejle-Kolding extends with Neftali] (in Danish). Vejle Kolding. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

External links

Jonatan Neftalí at BDFutbol
Jonatan Neftalí at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Jonatan Neftalí at Soccerway

[1] "El fútbol en la maleta: Neftalí" [Football in the suitcase: Neftalí]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). 7 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[2] "Jonathan Neftalí regresa a la Peña Deportiva Santa Eulalia" [Jonathan Neftali returns to Peña Deportiva Santa Eulalia] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[3] "Neftalí se incorpora al Vejle danes" [Neftalí added to Denmark's Vejle] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[4] "Vejle-Kolding forlænger med Neftali" [Vejle-Kolding extends with Neftali] (in Danish). Vejle Kolding. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

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